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  • Heterosexism in Canadian Immigration Policy, 1952-1978
    … explicit heterosexist prohibition remained in the immigration act for more than twenty years, ending when a new act came into force in 1978. … internal correspondence and practices related to race, religion, and more: at that time, the immigration branch had its share of bigoted … journey” regulations through anti-Black “climatic unsuitability” and more. It is therefore of some note that the department took the step of …
  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … that a number of coloured people have been going from your district lately to Western Canada, and it is not considered that they are a class … twentieth century. Settlers from Oklahoma arriving in Canada in 1911 complained of disenfranchisement, theft of property, and refusal of … April 1911, File 72552 Pt 3. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, Winnipeg, 26 October 1910, File 72552 Pt 2, 4. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, …
  • “The Immigration Act a weapon”: Panama Maru and the Exclusion of Immigrants, 1913
    … exclusion from Canada in the early twentieth century, including the more well-known refusal of passengers from Komagata Maru the following … to be returning to Canada while aboard Panama Maru , none were, and all but one recanted their stories quickly as immigration officers … and money requirements—and lost, resulting in the deportation of more than three hundred and fifty passengers. The refusal of Komagata …
  • Hille and Nel Visser Family
    … Hille and Nel Visser Family …
  • Dr. Zak El-Ramly
    … Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Dr. Zak El-Ramly came to Canada on a student visa in 1969 from Egypt. He landed … have contributed to Canadian society in meaningful ways. They’ve excelled in areas of entrepreneurship, environmentalism, science, and … Dr. Zak El-Ramly …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 1
    … The migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a major impact on the development of institutions, trade, and modes of … . This report argues that within Quebec City, one site was shaped by all three aforementioned areas: the Port of Quebec. In turn, the port … the flow of ‘human’ traffic and the port’s significance as a major Canadian shipping and transportation hub . [4] Establishing the …
  • Helle, Tiia ja Jaak Rakfeldt
    … myself ( Arnold ja Heli ), Ilmar, and Miralda Rakfeldt and children, Helle, Tiia and Jaak Rakfeldt began on November 14, 1949 from Stockholm … else from the radiators. Next morning I was given permission to call my brother in the US who lived approx. 45-50 km from Niagara Falls. … off schedule and we finally arrived in St. Catharines on November 25-26th 1949. Our reason for coming to Canada and leaving Sweden was …
  • War Strategies: Plan B - Habib El-Hage
    … my case, it's true, I saw all kinds of horrible things, but we also develop this aspect, this? we develop some kind of survival, a disposition to steer through all these … and? and survive, to establish survival strategies. That's what we develop during war time. And that's also what I developed in, I'd say, an …
  • Dr. Zak El-Ramly, Described Video
    … Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Dr. Zak El-Ramly came to Canada on a student visa in 1969 from Egypt. He landed … have contributed to Canadian society in meaningful ways. They’ve excelled in areas of entrepreneurship, environmentalism, science, and … Dr. Zak El-Ramly, Described Video …
  • Cornelis Verwolf
    … Single Men and Women February 26, 1950 – Beaverbrae I have been asked numerous times why I left home … At about 4:30 a.m. there was a lot of banging, airplanes flying in all directions. An hour later I was standing in the yard with my father … killed, houses burned and beatings took place. Each year things were more severe than the previous. There were raids in the later part of …

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